1. Framework

• FCS visiting student
• Enrolled by the Reception Service as FCS visiting students
• Note: Scholarship holders who carry out their one-year research visit at Eawag, Empa, PSI or WSL must also enrol as FCS visiting students at ETH Zurich and fulfil the conditions.  

• Master's degree or equivalent qualification
• Note: If your scholarship application is successful, you must submit your final Master's transcripts / Master's degree to ETH by 30 June (non-negotiable) to ensure matriculation as an FCS visiting student by 1 September of the same year. If necessary, clarify before applying for the scholarship whether you can meet this deadline in view of the processes and deadlines at your home university.
  

• 1 September. Deviating from this start date is not foreseen.
• Should the start time deviate, inform the Reception Service immediately. Any problems caused by an early or late start will be the responsibility of the grantee.

• Tuition fees are waived

CHF 1,920 monthly

• Decision made by supervisor, administration by Human Resources of ETH Zurich or respective research institution, approval of FCS required
• Student teaching assistant (only option due to student status)
• During semester: max. 15 hours per week
• During semester breaks: full-time possible

• Not possible
• Scholarship limited to regular duration of 12 months

• Students at ETH Zurich: Guaranteed in one of the available student rooms
• Students at research institutions (Eawag, Empa, PSI, WSL): Not guaranteed, up to research institution
• Students already living in Switzerland: Not guaranteed
  
• Families: No accommodation for families, only for student

• ETH does not provide a degree for FCS visiting studies during the scholarship programme.
• FCS visiting studies carried out during the scholarship programme cannot be recognised towards a degree programme in case the scholarship holder remains at ETH to register for such a programme.